I’m reading Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities for the first time, and I’ve been more than pleased with the legendary author’s prose. It’s the most...
When I read the following descriptive excerpt this morning, I couldn’t help but grin like I’d just been shown a snazzy card trick. Thought I’d...
Read that one — excellent. Another worthwhile novel from the same author is The Cocktail Waitress. Cain has a remarkable talent for squeezing...
Nice pick. I’ll get to that eventually. I’m reading The Crossing by McCarthy at the moment; I finished All The Pretty Horses this past October....
Marge was in a giddy mood that irritated Tom throughout their long five-course dinner, but he made the supreme effort and responded in kind — like...
I’m a few chapters into Mervyn Peake’s Titus Groan, and as a result I’ve learned where a certain — though I surmise no longer active — forum...
The fact that so many books on goodreads — all of which have respectable aggregate ratings, and some of which are highly acclaimed — have one-star...
I’m currently reading High Fidelity by Nick Hornby (only 46 pages into it) and I’m rather impressed at just how faithfully the film adapted...
I just finished putting up hurricane shutters. We’re on the Atlantic side of Florida so hopefully the storm won’t beat us up too bad.
I quitted my seat, and walked on, although the darkness and storm increased every minute, and the thunder burst with a terrific crash over my...
The following paragraph is from The Cocktail Waitress authored by James M. Cain, the gentleman who wrote the better-known The Postman Always Rings...
@Xoic Don’t spoil that, bro! :-D Personally speaking, I loved discovering Kane’s backstory.
Have you by chance read any of Karl Edward Wagner’s Kane stories? I’m a big fan and recommend them for folks with your taste. In fact, while I...
I’ve read that. I own it, actually; it’s awesome. Is your copy like mine, a black glossy paperback? I also have The Coming of Conan the...
He hated to have a conversation die out like this. He wasn’t quick enough. While he was looking for a question Doc asked one. Hazel hated that,...
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